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Breakthrough : Elizabeth Hughes, the discovery of insulin, and the making of a medical miracle / Thea Cooper and Arthur Ainsberg.
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- ISBN: 9780312611743 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0312611749 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: viii, 306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st. ed.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2011.
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| General Note: | Originally published in hardback: St. Martin's, 2010. Includes Reader's discussion section. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Insulin > History. Gossett, Elizabeth Hughes, 1907-1981 > Health. Diabetes > Treatment > History. |
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Breakthrough : Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface | p. ix | |
| Prologue | p. 1 | |
| 1 | Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1981 | p. 4 |
| 2 | Fifth Avenue, New York City, April 1919 | p. 7 |
| 3 | The Breakfast Room of the Home of Charles Evans Hughes, New York City, April 1919 | p. 13 |
| 4 | The Library of the Home of Charles Evans Hughes, New York City, April 1919 | p. 20 |
| 5 | New York City, April 1919, Later That Afternoon | p. 28 |
| 6 | Toronto, Canada, and Cambrai, France, 1917-1918 | p. 32 |
| 7 | War, Peace, and Politics, 1914-1918 | p. 40 |
| 8 | Glens Falls, New York, April 1920 | p. 43 |
| 9 | The Idea of the Physiatric Institute, May 1920 | p. 50 |
| 10 | Banting's House in London, Ontario, October 30-31, 1920 | p. 56 |
| 11 | Toronto or Bust, October 1920 to April 1921 | p. 64 |
| 12 | Presidential Politics, 1916 and 1920 | p. 72 |
| 13 | The Physiatric Institute, Morristown, New Jersey, 1921 | p. 80 |
| 14 | The University of Toronto, Summer 1921 | p. 85 |
| 15 | Washington, D.C., and Bolton, New York, March to September 1921 | p. 97 |
| 16 | The Washington Conference, November 12, 1921, to February 6, 1922 | p. 102 |
| 17 | The Physiatric Institute, Morristown, New Jersey, November 1921 | p. 106 |
| 18 | The University of Toronto, September to December 1921 | p. 111 |
| 19 | The Crossroads of America, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1919-1921 | p. 118 |
| 20 | The American Physiological Society Meeting, New Haven, Connecticut, December 28-30, 1921 | p. 128 |
| 21 | Success and Failure, The University of Toronto, January 1922 | p. 137 |
| 22 | Failure and Success, The University of Toronto, February to April 1922 | p. 147 |
| 23 | Honeymoon Cottage, Hamilton, Bermuda, January to July 1922 | p. 154 |
| 24 | Patents, Partnership, and Pancreases, Indianapolis and Toronto, April to August 1922 | p. 165 |
| 25 | Fame and Famine, Summer 1922 | p. 175 |
| 26 | Four Trunks, Washington, D.C., August 1922 | p. 184 |
| 27 | Escape from Morristown, August 1922 | p. 190 |
| 28 | The Transformation Begins, Toronto, August to November 1922 | p. 195 |
| 29 | Crossing the Line Aboard the SS Pan America, August to September 1922 | p. 208 |
| 30 | Fate, Fortune, and Forgetting, September to December 1922 | p. 215 |
| 31 | The Nobel Prize and Beyond | p. 225 |
| 32 | The Emergence of Elizabeth Gossett | p. 238 |
| Postscript: Diabetes and Insulin Today | p. 245 | |
| Notes and Sources | p. 249 | |
| Endnotes | p. 255 | |
| Bibliography | p. 283 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 293 | |
| Index | p. 297 |
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